6600sirt@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Mike O'Brien) (02/21/91)
>> ... Cuz MSC >>decided to go almost totally on line documentation. WHAT A WASTE! Way >>to go Microsoft! Have you ever heard of refering to the docs WHILE >>programming? ... > > Yes! Sorry if this is wasting bw, but maybe enough noise will knock some grey > into some skulls at MS. Online docs may be nifty neato, but only as a > compliment to printed docs. > You're both right, but a little late. Microsoft has already learned from their mistake... they announced a few months after the release of MSC6 that the next version (7.0) would include on-line docs, and also C++. If things are still going according to schedule, this should be released around the time of Windows 3.1. In the meantime, I suggest that anyone who can afford it use the best of both worlds. Do your development in Borland C, and then compile in MSC6A before you sell your product. MSC6A is harder and slower to use, but it optimizes better and has less bugs. Of course, if you need to use C++ or some non-portable functions, you can forget this plan. Mike
gclapp@javelin.es.com (Glenn Clapp) (02/23/91)
In article <9297@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600sirt@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes: > >You're both right, but a little late. Microsoft has already learned >from their mistake... they announced a few months after the release of >MSC6 that the next version (7.0) would include on-line docs, and also >C++. If things are still going according to schedule, this should be >released around the time of Windows 3.1. > >In the meantime, I suggest that anyone who can afford it use the best >of both worlds. Do your development in Borland C, and then compile >in MSC6A before you sell your product. MSC6A is harder and slower to >use, but it optimizes better and has less bugs. Of course, if you >need to use C++ or some non-portable functions, you can forget this >plan. > >Mike Do you have an ETA on MSC 7.0? If this is true, I may wait and see instead of switching right away. I would expect (demand) that after the $125.00 + s&h for the 6.0a upgrade that the next upgrade be FREE *** FREE *** FREE *** FREE *** Hell, I'll even pay the shipping! Glenn -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------